On November 7, Michael Votta leads the University of Maryland Wind Ensemble in the world premiere of Where the Good Sounds Live,
Alvin Singleton’s new work for concert band. The performance takes
place at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center's Dekelboum Concert
Hall in College Park, Maryland. Dr. Jack Stamp and the Indiana
University of Pennsylvania Wind Ensemble, who perform the work on
November 15, lead a consortium of twenty-three bands and wind ensembles
from throughout the United States who are bringing this new piece to
life.

Where the Good Sounds Live was composed in memory
of Dr. Myron D. Moss, the distinguished music program director and
associate professor at Drexel University who passed away in July of
2012. Dr. Moss was a leading authority on African-American composers,
specifically in the world of concert band music. Where the Good Sounds Live
brings Singleton’s distinctive sonic imprint to the symphonic wind band
world, with an extended fanfare that defies presumptions. This
compelling piece takes musicians and audiences into a world unlike any
other found in the band repertoire.

The Indiana University of
Pennsylvania hosts Singleton for a residency preceding the IUP Wind
Ensemble's performance on November 15, led by Jack Stamp. A portrait
concert on November 13 at the University's Gorell Recital Hall includes
performances of Ishirini for two violins, Fifty Times Around the Sun for clarinet and piano, Argoru III for flute, Argoru VII for vibraphone, Argoru VIII for snare drum, and Through It All for woodwind quintet. On November 14, the IUP Concert Band performs Singleton’s Ridgeview Centrum, a fanfare composed during his residency at Ridgeview Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia in 2001.

Later this month, Tim Paul leads the University of Oregon Symphonic Band in a performance of Where the Good Sounds Live at the University's Beall Concert Hall. The performance takes place on November 19.